Battery



Aug. ll, 1925. 1,549,371 l. w. MYERS ET AL BATTERY lFiled Apri-1 19, 1923 MU k l Patented Aug. 1l, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

IBVIN W. MYERS AND GREED M. CHOBAIPENING, 0F CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BATTERY.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, IRVIN W. Mrnnsand CREED lM. CHORPENING, citizens of the United States, residing at Connellsvil1e,'in

the county of Fayette and State of Pennsigflvania, have invented a new and useful attery, of which the following A1s a speciication.

This invention aims to rovide a simple means whereby any desired v'number f of plates may be held within an insulating container removably.

It is within the province ofthe disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utilityv of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will,J appear yas, the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, wit-hin the ,scope of what is claimed, changes in the p recise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure `1 shows in -longitudinal section, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, parts being in elevation; Figure 2 is a cross section on the line '2-2 of Figure l; Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1; Fidure 4 is a cross section on the line 4 4 of tFigure 1.

In carrying out. the invention, there is provided an insulating tubular casing 1 within which the body portion of the battory is located, the same comprising plates 2. Annular spacers 3 are located between certain of the plates 2, and within the spacers 3, the active material 4 is located,

. it being understood, however, that the body portion of the battery may be made up of any desired number of units, constructed in any desired way.

The invention comprises a air of removable brackets or abutments, enoted generally by the numeral 5, each bracket including a first member or bar 6 adapted to be inserted endwise into oppositel disposed openings '4' in thecasing 1, each bracket including a second member or bar 8 connected to the member 6' byseeuring elements 9, the ends of the member 8 engaging the .casing 1 toprevent the bracket 5 from sliding endwise out of the easing. Compression Ielements 10, such as screws, are threaded into the members 6 and 8 of the brackets 5, or are carried otherwise thereby, and engage the body portion of the battery.

It will be understood readily when Figure 1 is noted that `any desired number of plates or other elements may vbe located within the casing 1, the screws 10 being moved inwardly or outwardly to cause the plates to cooperate with each other, depending upon the number of plates within the casing. lhe brackets 5 may be removed, or one of them may be removed in the way hereinbefore, described, that is, by removing the. securing elements 9, detaching the members 8 from the members 6, and then slidingthe members 6 endwise out of the openings 7 in the casing 1 What is claimed is In a battery of the class described, a casing having oppositely disposed openings, a body in the easing, an abutment comprising separable first and second members, the first member being received at its ends in the -openings and being insertible into the openings in the direction of its length and transversely of the casing, the second member having end-bearing upon the inner surface of the casing and being located within the casing, the second member being insertible into the casing longitudinall of the casmg andv transversely of the ength of the. second member, means for holding the rst and second members of the abutment together, whereby the second member will prevent longitudinal movement ot' the first member and prevent the ends of the first member from becoming disengaged from the openings, said means being removable to permit. a separation of said members and an endwise removal of the firstV member from theopenings, and a device exerting a pressure on that end of the body which is adjacent to the abutment, said device being mounted removablyin the first and second members of the abutment.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aiixed our signatures.

IRVIN W. MYERS. @REED M. CHORPEN ING. 

